Laundry Room Makeover

This is my least favorite room in my home, mainly because I HATE to do laundry. I just never seem to stay ahead of the beast! I thought that MAYBE if I paint it I may have a better attitude about doing the laundry. It's amazing what a little paint and organizing will do! I am enjoying the results. I used Better Homes and Gardens Orange Spice.
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Pantry Redo

My favorite luxury in my home is my larger than most pantry. I have never had the best system of organizing the items in here. In fact, there are many things in there that should probably not be in there! Take a look at my shameful "before pictures"


Over several weeks every time I went to Ross' and Walmart I would buy containers that I wanted to use in helping me organize my mess. I took everything out of the pantry . This took more time than I want to confess. I had stuff in the dining room, breakfast room and kitchen. We looked like hoarders! How did I get all of this in that small room???






I painted the sheetrock and may go back and paint the backboards or put decorative paper on it. I am loving the gold paint so much that I am contemplating putting it in my living room. I am really enjoying my pantry and we are taking bets on how long it will stay that way.







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Dining Room Curtains

Several years ago I made these toppers for my dining room windows. Sorry about the quality of the pictures but no matter the time of day or night, the lighting was not good.

I bought the Egyptian print from Hancocks, lined them with sheets like missmustardseed.blogspot.com . I am really enjoying them.

A Little Fall Decor

In the first picture, my friend Monica made this wall hanging that I just love. Got the idea to hang it on the mirror from, once again,thethriftydecorchick.blogspot.com. I made a trip to Hobby Lobby to make the wreath. It may look a little skimpy but I'm ok with it for now. The centerpiece is made from dollar tree finds. Now all I need is the cool weather!





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Faux Wainscoting on Stairs

For the entire summer I have had markings on my wall up the stairwell. Being a math teacher can be a nuisance at times because I lost sleep over this problem. I wanted the faux wainscoting but when you are on an incline and curve that created another dimension! You see, the rectangles become parallelograms in this situation. I could calculate the angles on paper but when I made the cuts, I had anything BUT a parallelogram. I creeped many Woodmen of the World forums to try to get advice on this project. One would say it's a piece of cake and another would recommend ditching the project. I hate to give up! It wasn't until I saw a post on thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com that I understood what I had to do. I used this cheap mdf board, put up the verticals and filled in the horizontals. After 5 months of deciding how to tackle it(can you tell I have been watching football?) and minus a little more caulking, I AM FINISHED WITH THIS PROJECT! And believe me, my family is happy too!

Almost New Dining Room Chandelier

After much thought and sweat "we" finally got the biggest brass piece painted. I had such a hard time deciding whether to paint the fixture because it was the most expensive light we had in our home-solid brass. The glass globes had to be broken off, I never understood why anyone would design a fixture that cannot be cleaned! Painted it with an ivory Rustoleum spray paint and found the mini lampshades at Lowe's for a little over $4. I had some fringe left over from another project that I glued to the shades and I am very pleased with the outcome. It did take the entire family plus one boyfriend to hang it back up!

The "Sore Thumb" Fireplace Insert

I am sure that many of you share my appreciation for the warmth that a wood burning fireplace insert provides in the winter BUT, I have always thought that our insert is sooooooo unattractive. Our insert in our living area sticks out like a sore thumb! We live in the country where gas(propane) logs are pretty expensive to use. I got the bright idea of painting the insert. I used a heat resistant spray paint for grills. It is supposed to withstand temps up to 1200 degrees F. We will see around November!???

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